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Tityos or Tityus (Ancient Greek: Τιτυός) was a giant from Greek mythology. Family. Tityos was the son of the mortal princess Elara and the god Zeus. [1]
Tityus is a large genus of thick-tailed scorpions (family Buthidae), the namesake of its subfamily Tityinae. As of 2021, Tityus contains more than 220 described species distributed in Central America and South America , from Costa Rica to Argentina .
Tityus may refer to: A giant from Greek mythology (see Tityos) A genus of scorpions (see Tityus) Art. The Punishment of Tityus (Michelangelo) Tityus; Tityos; This ...
Dynastes tityus is known by a number of common names, including eastern Hercules beetle, elephant beetle and ox beetle. [1] It was first given a scientific name by Carl Linnaeus, in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum, where it was called Scarabaeus tityus; when Linnaeus' genus Scarabaeus was divided into smaller genera, S. tityus was renamed Dynastes tityus.
Presumably, Tityus obscurus has been responsible for acute cerebellar dysfunction with neuromuscular manifestations in 58 patients in Santarém, Pará, Brazil. Symptoms such as cerebellar ataxia, dysdiadochokinesia, dysmetria, dysarthria, dyslalia, nausea and vomiting where reported to last for up to two days.
Tityus is a mythological painting by Titian [1] dating to 1549. It is held in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. It shows the punishment of the giant Tityos from Greek ...
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1339 species as of 2022. [2] A few very large genera (Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. [2]
Tityus serrulatus, the Brazilian yellow scorpion, is a species of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It is native to Brazil , and its venom is extremely toxic. [ 1 ] It is the most dangerous scorpion in South America and is responsible for the most fatal cases.